The Masters Tournament Winners and Records | PGA Tour
The Masters Tournament is first of the four major championships in professional golf. It is always held in the first week of April, and always played at the same location, Augusta National Golf Club or known to most as “Augusta”. This stroke play tournament is an official money event on the PGA Tour, the European Tour, and the Japan Golf Tour. This in an invitational event with the the field of players is smaller than those of the other major championships.
The tournament champion walks away with $1.44 million, 600 Fed Ex Cup points and the coveted green Masters sport coat. This green sport coat is the official attire worn by members of Augusta National. Each Masters winner becomes an honorary member of the club.
COURSE INFORMATION:
Augusta National Golf Club
Augusta, GA
Par: 72
Length: 7,435 yards
DID YOU KNOW?
- The course was formerly a plant nursery and each hole on the course is named after the tree or shrub with which it has become associated
- The Champions Dinner, is held on the Tuesday before each tournament, and is open only to past champions and certain board members of the Augusta National Golf Club.
- There are awards given to players who perform certain feats during the tournament. A hole-in-one or a double eagle earns a large crystal bowl. For each eagle a player makes he receives a pair of crystal goblets.
- Tiger Woods was the youngest player to win a Masters Tournament, at 21 years old.
- In 2003, Mike Weir, became the first Canadian to win a men’s major championship as well as the the first left-hander to win the Masters.
NOTABLE RECORDS:
- MOST WINS: 6, Jack Nicklaus
- AGGREGATE: 270, Tiger Woods
- LOWEST SCORE: 63, Nick Price and Greg Norman.
WINNERS:
| Year | Champion | Final Score | Earnings ($) |
| 2013 | Adam Scott | −9 | 1,440,000 |
| 2012 | Bubba Watson | −10 | 1,440,000 |
| 2011 | Charl Schwartzel | −14 | 1,440,000 |
| 2010 | Phil Mickelson (3) | −16 | 1,350,000 |
| 2009 | Ángel Cabrera | −12 | 1,350,000 |
| 2008 | Trevor Immelman | −8 | 1,350,000 |
| 2007 | Zach Johnson | 1 | 1,305,000 |
| 2006 | Phil Mickelson | −7 | 1,260,000 |
| 2005 | Tiger Woods | −12 | 1,260,000 |
| 2004 | Phil Mickelson | −9 | 1,117,000 |
| 2003 | Mike Weir | −7 | 1,080,000 |
| 2002 | Tiger Woods | −12 | 1,008,000 |
| 2001 | Tiger Woods | −16 | 1,008,000 |
| 2000 | Vijay Singh | −10 | 828,000 |
| 1999 | José María Olazábal | −8 | 720,000 |
| 1998 | Mark O’Meara | −9 | 576,000 |
| 1997 | Tiger Woods | −18 | 486,000 |
| 1996 | Nick Faldo | −12 | 450,000 |
| 1995 | Ben Crenshaw | −14 | 396,000 |
| 1994 | José María Olazábal | −9 | 360,000 |
| 1993 | Bernhard Langer | −11 | 306,000 |
| 1992 | Fred Couples | −13 | 270,000 |
| 1991 | Ian Woosnam | −11 | 243,000 |
| 1990 | Nick Faldo | −10 | 225,000 |
| 1989 | Nick Faldo | −5 | 200,000 |
| 1988 | Sandy Lyle | −7 | 183,800 |
| 1987 | Larry Mize | −3 | 162,000 |
| 1986 | Jack Nicklaus | −9 | 144,000 |
| 1985 | Bernhard Langer | −6 | 126,000 |
| 1984 | Ben Crenshaw | −11 | 108,000 |
| 1983 | Seve Ballesteros | −8 | 90,000 |
| 1982 | Craig Stadler | −4 | 64,000 |
| 1981 | Tom Watson | −8 | 60,000 |
| 1980 | Seve Ballesteros | −13 | 55,000 |
| 1979 | Fuzzy Zoeller | −8 | 50,000 |
| 1978 | Gary Player | −11 | 45,000 |
| 1977 | Tom Watson | −12 | 40,000 |
| 1976 | Raymond Floyd | −17 | 40,000 |
| 1975 | Jack Nicklaus | −12 | 40,000 |
| 1974 | Gary Player | −10 | 35,000 |
| 1973 | Tommy Aaron | −5 | 30,000 |
| 1972 | Jack Nicklaus | −2 | 25,000 |
| 1971 | Charles Coody | −9 | 25,000 |
| 1970 | Billy Casper | −9 | 25,000 |
| 1969 | George Archer | −7 | 20,000 |
| 1968 | Bob Goalby | −11 | 20,000 |
| 1967 | Gay Brewer | −8 | 20,000 |
| 1966 | Jack Nicklaus | E | 20,000 |
| 1965 | Jack Nicklaus | −17 | 20,000 |
| 1964 | Arnold Palmer | −12 | 20,000 |
| 1963 | Jack Nicklaus | −2 | 20,000 |
| 1962 | Arnold Palmer | −8 | 20,000 |
| 1961 | Gary Player | −8 | 20,000 |
| 1960 | Arnold Palmer | −6 | 17,500 |
| 1959 | Art Wall, Jr. | −4 | 15,000 |
| 1958 | Arnold Palmer | −4 | 11,250 |
| 1957 | Doug Ford | −5 | 8,750 |
| 1956 | Jack Burke, Jr. | 1 | 6,000 |
| 1955 | Cary Middlecoff | −9 | 5,000 |
| 1954 | Sam Snead | 1 | 5,000 |
| 1953 | Ben Hogan | −14 | 4,000 |
| 1952 | Sam Snead | −2 | 4,000 |
| 1951 | Ben Hogan | −8 | 3,000 |
| 1950 | Jimmy Demaret | −5 | 2,400 |
| 1949 | Sam Snead | −6 | 2,750 |
| 1948 | Claude Harmon | −9 | 2,500 |
| 1947 | Jimmy Demaret | −7 | 2,500 |
| 1946 | Herman Keiser | −6 | 2,500 |
| 1943-45 | NO TOURNAMENT | ||
| 1942 | Byron Nelson | −8 | 1,500 |
| 1941 | Craig Wood | −8 | 1,500 |
| 1940 | Jimmy Demaret | −8 | 1,500 |
| 1939 | Ralph Guldahl | −9 | 1,500 |
| 1938 | Henry Picard | −3 | 1,500 |
| 1937 | Byron Nelson | −5 | 1,500 |
| 1936 | Horton Smith | −3 | 1,500 |
| 1935 | Gene Sarazen | −6 | 1,500 |
| 1934 | Horton Smith | −4 | 1,500 |